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Frostbite Talc Mine

Past Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081619
MRDS ID W033878
Record type Site
Current site name Frostbite Talc Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.67342, 43.3561 (WGS84)
Elevation 497
Relative position 5.5 MILES NORTH OF ANDOVER, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Andover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windsor

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Steatite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Missisquoi Formation
    Rock description Missisquoi Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.67342, 43.3561
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR POD

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMAFIC BODIES OCCUR WITHIN THE MISSISQUOI FORMATION
  • The Ultramafic Bodies Occur Within the Missisquoi Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1971

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Windsor Minerals, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Windsor Minerals, Inc.
    Home office West Windsor, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.405HA
    Length 1524M
    Overall depth 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINE IS A COMBINATION OF A 1 ALREA OPEN PIT AND 5000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS DEVELOPED ON TWO LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, R., 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, WEST WINDSOR, VT.

  • Deposit

    DOLL, C.G., ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, VT).

  • Deposit

    Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Miller, R., 1985, Personal Communication, West Windsor, Vermont.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-JAN-2003 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Updater 01-DEC-1997 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor

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